{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"U.S. Retreat From Afghanistan Begins with a Whisper","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article83764.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article83764.html'\u003EU.S. Retreat From Afghanistan Begins with a Whisper\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESuperpowers do not announce their retreats with a proclamation, but in a whisper.  During the past week an extraordinary whisper campaign has begun in the United States.  It is suddenly politically correct to openly discuss the prospect that the Afghan war is lost.  Gone are the public pronouncements of retired Generals James Marks, Paul Vallely and David Grange that all is well.  Now we hear from retired General Paul Eaton that the State Department has been missing in action in Afghanistan (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}